ease vs repose

ease

verb
  • To give respite to (someone). 

  • To move (something) slowly and carefully. 

  • To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc. 

  • To reduce the difficulty of (something). 

  • To proceed with little effort. 

  • To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain). 

  • To loosen or slacken the tension on a line. 

  • To lessen in intensity. 

noun
  • Additional space provided to allow greater movement. 

  • Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position. 

  • Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance. 

  • Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth. 

  • Ability, the means to do something 

  • Freedom from difficulty. 

  • Skill, dexterity, facility. 

  • Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference. 

  • Freedom from effort, leisure, rest. 

  • Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence. 

  • Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace. 

repose

verb
  • To lie at rest; to rest. 

  • To die, especially of a saint. 

  • To pose again. 

  • To compose; to make tranquil. 

  • To remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms. 

  • To lay, to set down. 

  • To lie; to be supported. 

  • To place, have, or rest; to set; to entrust. 

  • To reside in something. 

noun
  • A form of visual harmony that gives rest to the eye. 

  • quietness; ease; peace; calmness. 

  • The period between eruptions of a volcano. 

How often have the words ease and repose occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )